E3 2015: Life is Feudal isn’t just another gankbox
I'm standing with my PR contact at the Life is Feudal booth when suddenly a guy with a thick Russian accent walks up to me,...
Guild Chat: Taking down the dominant guild leader
Welcome along to Guild Chat, our comfy place for discussing all your guild dramas in a fun, frank, and empathetic way. You know the...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time
Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...
WRUP: Early access maybe edition
This week, no one will exactly be surprised to learn that I'm playing Final Fantasy XIV's early access weekend. Or trying to, anyway, because...
The Daily Grind: Are MOBAs destined for a Great Crash?
Make no mistake, even with the recent launch of Heroes of the Storm, MOBAs are crashing and burning all over the place these days....
E3 2015: The Division’s Dark Zone demo does the game no favors
After covering the development of Ubisoft's The Division since 2013, I finally got my hands on the game itself -- and its PvP -- at this...
Punching dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved
Five minutes after I logged into ARK: Survival Evolved, I punched a fish. A few moments later, I punched a tree. Shortly thereafter, I...
E3 2015: Torchlight Mobile is a new Torchlight, not Torch-lite
When Perfect World and Runic Games announced last week that Torchlight was stretching out into the mobile market, it caught many folks quite unawares. (It's...
The Daily Grind: What was the MMO highlight of E3?
The last few years around convention time, I took a moment in The Daily Grind to ponder whether E3 had become irrelevant for MMO...
Massively Overthinking: The value of MMO voice chat
This week's Massively Overthinking question was shot over to us from Kickstarter donor Celestial, and it's all about voice chat in MMOs.
Do you use a...
Why Guild Wars 2’s prepurchase deal has the internet raging
On the surface, ArenaNet killed it at E3, kicking ass with a much-wanted and huge expansion for Guild Wars 2, one of the biggest MMORPGs in...
E3 2015: Cory Jones discusses HEX, lawsuits, and cake
I first saw MMOTCGÂ HEX at E3 2013 at the same time the Kickstarter was revealed to the public, which was actually after it had...
Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome
My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a Marvel Heroes clone?
It seems like at least half of the Massively Overpowered staff is obsessed with Marvel Heroes. I've played it a fair amount too, and...
Jukebox Heroes: An exclusive journey through Aion’s Upheaval soundtrack
Aion is a game that's well-renowned for both its visual and audio beauty. Among my fellow MMO soundtrack enthusiasts, the title's many soundtracks stand out...
Massively Opinionated: What’s the coolest Guild Wars 2 Elite Spec?
In this episode, Larry, Scott, Rubi, and Aurora Peachy debate Guild Wars 2 stickiness, elite specs, and visual treasures in Heart of Thorns.
E3 2015: Hands-on with Sword Coast Legends
I'm more an MMORPG player than a Dungeons & Dragons tabletop gamer, but I'm familiar enough with D&D to be intrigued by the addition of...
E3 2015: Hands-on with Motiga’s ‘shooter MOBA’ Gigantic
As some of you recall, Gigantic is one of those games that looks like a MOBA and smells like a MOBA but -- for a...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 guild hall and prepurchase pricing impressions
When Heart of Thorns was announced back in January, the Guild Wars 2 community exploded with buzz as guild halls were mentioned as a main...
E3 2015: David Braben on Elite: Dangerous
How does the guy who got motion sickness from Kirby's Air Ride get assigned to the flight simulators every year? Yes, at this year's E3, with...